1875 - 1943 Person Name: Andrew T. Frykman, 1875-1943 Topics: 8th Sunday after Epiphany Translator of "The Highest Joy That Can Be Known" in The Covenant Hymnal Born: August 8, 1875, Värmland, Sweden.
Died: November 7, 1943, Rockford, Illinois.
Buried: Scandinavian Cemetery, Rockford, Illinois.
Son of hymnist Nils Frykman, Andrew was educated at North Park College and Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois, and Montana Wesleyan University. He served as president of Northwestern College, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1901-04), then at Mission Covenant churches in Superior, Wisconsin; Jamestown, New York; Wausa, Nebraska; and Rockford, Illinois. In Rockford, he founded the first radio station in the city. In the last years of his career, Frykman served as the Covenant director of evangelism, retiring in 1943.
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A. T. Frykman